Writing options. Try to make a story on the offered topics.
1. Do you like the place where you are living? Why or why not?
2. What is your favorite room in your house? Why?
3. What do you like about your home? What don't you like?
4. If you could change anything about your present home, what would it be?
5. What is the convenient location for your dream house? What would it be like inside and out?
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What things in your home couldn't you live without?
7. Would you prefer to live in a house or an apartment? Why?
8. What makes “a house” into “a home”?
9. How can houses be made more environmentally friendly?
10. Give some reasons why people become homeless.
11. Is it better to rent or buy? Give reasons for your answer.
12. What do you think houses in the future will be like?
HUMOUR TIME
A Kentuckian came home and found his house on fire, rushed next door, telephoned the fire department and shouted, “Hurry over here. My house is on fire!”
“OK,” replied the fireman, “how do we get there?”
“Say, don’t you still have those big red trucks?”
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Nan: How do you like your new studio apartment?
Dan: I have no room for complaint.
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The Pope dies and goes to heaven. When he gets there, Saint Peter shows him to his new quarters which turn out to be a tiny one bedroom apartment. The Pope is horrified and wants to know why he doesn’t have the penthouse apartment, which is huge. Saint Peter informs him that the resident of the penthouse is a lawyer. “A lawyer,” says the Pope. “But I’m the Pope, surely I’m more important.” “With respect Sir,” says Saint Peter, ‘We have lots of Pope’s up here, but we only have ONE lawyer!”
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A property manager of an apartment complex was showing a unit to prospective tenants and asking the usual questions
“Professionally employed?” he asked.
“We’re a military family,” the wife answered.
“Children?”
“Oh, yes, ages nine and twelve,” she answered proudly.
“Animals?”
“Oh, no,” she said earnestly. “They’re very well behaved.”
LESSON 4
T
ime
and Dates
Time discovers truth.
Lost time is never found again.
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.
We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
TOPICAL VOCABULARY
1. Time means |
1. Часові засоби |
timepiece / clock / alarm-clock / watch / sundial / sandglass |
хронометр / годинник настінний / будильник / наручний годинник / сонячний / пісочний |
face / hand / figures on the face of a watch |
циферблат / стрілка годинника / цифри на циферблаті |
2. Periods of time |
2. Часові проміжки |
today / yesterday / tomorrow |
сьогодні / вчора / завтра |
the day before yesterday / the day after tomorrow / two days ago / in two days |
позавчора / післязавтра / два дні тому / через два дні |
second / minute / hour / day / week / fortnight / month / year / century / age / era |
секунда / хвилина / година / день / тиждень / два тижні / місяць / рік / вік (100 років) / вік (історичний / період) / ера |
dawn (daybreak) / sunrise / sunset / midday / (noon=12.00) / midnight=24.00 |
світанок / схід сонця / захід сонця / полудень / північ |
a.m.=ante meridiem 0.00-12.00 / p.m.=post meridiem 12.00-24.00 |
до опівдня / після опівдня |
date / What’s the date? (What date is it today?) |
дата / Яка сьогодні дата? |
days of the week: Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday |
дні тижня: неділя / понеділок / вівторок / середа / четвер / п’ятниця / субота |
months of the year: spring months: March / April / May summer months: June / July / August autumn months: September / October / November winter months: December / January / February |
місяці року: весняні місяці: березень / квітень / травень літні місяці: червень / липень / серпень осінні місяці: вересень / жовтень / листопад зимові місяці: грудень / січень / лютий |
3. Time passing (duration) |
3. Тривалість часу |
to last(ed) for / to take / It takes me…to do smth. |
тривати / займати / забирати (час) / (Мені потрібно) …, щоб … |
two hours ride / ten minutes walk |
дві години їзди / десять хвилин пішки |
4. Time phrases By the watch:
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4. Часові вислови За годинником:
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to come (to be) in time / to be late (for) |
прийти вчасно / запізнюватися |
to be short of time / to have no time |
бути обмеженим у часі |
What time is it? / What’s the time, please? |
Котра година? |
It is late / It’s still early / It’s high time |
Уже пізно / Ще рано / Давно пора |
Wait a moment, please. / Just a minute, please. |
Зачекайте хвилинку, будь ласка. |
5. Approximate time
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5. Приблизний час
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6. Prepositions of time |
6. Прийменники часу |
at (at a certain time) at 8 o’clock / at 3.30 / at midnight |
о … о восьмій / о пів на четверту / о півночі |
on (on a day) on Monday / on July 14 / on the second day |
у … у понеділок / 14 липня / наступного дня |
in (in a period) in the morning / in April / in 2010 / in a week |
в, у, через … уранці / у квітні / у 2010 / через тиждень |